Explored a good portion of the Siofra River area - it really is beautiful. Lauren watched me play and then we got into a call with her mom and Lindsey. I was blunt about Lauren and I getting married and how I wanted the families to meet, haha! But we learned Johnny is sick again, it worries me that they are not keeping him safe...

Finished the Weeping Peninsula by exploring Castle Morne. The narrative of the dungeon is interesting but you go through it so fast that it doesn't feel as impactful as it should... It's still atmospheric and the boss arena is one of my favorites. Next is the Siofra River!

Finished exploring the western portion of the Weeping Peninsula: took down the first Walking Mausoleum, visited the Isolated Merchant, and took the Tower of Return to Lyndell. Next stop - Castle Morne.

Still chipping away at the West side of the Weeping Peninsula. I unlocked the Fourth Church of Marika, so if I ever need to slaughter thousands of penguins for their feet again, that door is opened for me.

Went through the Impaler's Catacombs, did the Forest Lookout Tower, explored the Church of Pilgrimage, defeated the Erdtree Avatar, pilfered the Tombsward Ruins, and defeated the Hero of Zamor at the Weeping Evergaol. And I still have more than half the Weeping Peninsula left, haha!

Explored some in the Weeping Peninsula - killed one of the Night's Calvary for Lauren (she thought I was an epic gamer)! Picked up Rodrika's Crimson Hood from Stormveil - hoping to get the whole next area searched and head of to Lurnia.

Completed Stormveil Castle and had zero trouble. Decided I would try and be fun by using a Mimic Tear will I power-stance greatswords - results exceeded expectations with devastatingly good killtime. I also progressed all NPC questlines as far as possible - trying to make sure I juggle each one and find all the 2nd playthrough items I need.

Made it through a bigger chunk of Stormveil Castle - I have explored about every nook and cranny. Once I am done talking to all the NPCs, I will go stomp Godrick the Grafted!

Got my checklist filled out and now I am ready to dive back into Elden Ring! Brice ordered the Dark Souls Trilogy so I am even more inspired! It felt so nice to steamroll Margit and waltz right into Stormveil Castle.

Spent time checking off a nest list I found that has all weapons, armor, talismans, spells, etc. Then I went through a random mine in the Weeping Peninsula - felt unstoppable powerstancing!

Decided to level up the Sword of Milos - it is pretty powerful and fits into my build nicely! Going to try to power stance it and the Blasphemous Blade through all of Limgrave.

Oh yeah, Elden Ring is back baby!!!! Today was the day the Shadow of the Erdtree DLC trailer dropped - it got me right back into the mood play :D Still planning to get all achievements, weapons, spells, etc. It seems intimidating and annoying to go through the game again but enough time has passed it doesn't feel so bad, haha!